The great Bonaventure said that the wise must enhance conceptual clarity with the truth implicit in the actions of the simple....Like the chapter of Perugia and the learned memories of Ubertino, which transform into theological decisions the summons of the simple to poverty. I said.Yes, but as you have seen, this happens too late, and when it happens, the truth of the simple has already been transformed into the truth of the powerful, more useful for the Emperor Louis than for a Friar of the Poor Life.
~ Umberto Eco
